Plan for new juvenile detention center in Pierce County pitched for next WA budget
Tana Senn, the director of the state’s Department of Children, Youth and Families, began a note to the governor’s budget director lamenting her agency’s predicament.
“I wish times were better in writing my first budget request letter,” she wrote Monday to K.D. Chapman-See, the director of the Office of Financial Management.
The request is among those state agencies have submitted in recent days to Gov. Bob Ferguson’s office as he prepares a budget proposal ahead of the 2026 legislative session.
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There’s the issue of overcapacity in the state’s juvenile detention system. Lawmakers couldn’t figure out systemic fixes to address these concerns this year, and Green Hill School in Chehalis remains dozens of young people above its safe capacity.
https://washingtonstatestandard.com/briefs/plan-for-new-juvenile-detention-center-in-pierce-county-pitched-for-next-wa-budget/